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The PROTASIS project was presented to wide key-stakeholders audience of Sardinian public agencies and NGOs in the fields of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and restorative justice during the 1st training seminar of the VAST project which was held in Sassari, Sardine (Italy). Ms. Iro Michael made a presentation under the title “Implementing the Victims’ Directive…

Today marks International Day of Peace, an annual celebration of the landmark day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR states in Article 3. “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Without the UDHR it’s likely the rights we now take for granted – to be treated with dignity…

It is almost too obvious to say we all have a right to life. It’s protected in law by our Human Right Act, which requires the government to take up positive steps to ensure this right is guaranteed. The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or…

When we conceptualise domestic violence (DV), a few images spring to mind. The young wife who faces violence from her husband but is fearful of the cultural stigma she will face if she reports the crime. The child who regularly endures violence from their family, and does not have the faculties and resources to ask…